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Public Hearing - Approval of a code amendment to Section 6-62(a) of the City's Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance with regards to Sunday Sales.
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ISSUE AND BACKGROUND:
The Community Development and Economic Development has received a question from the owner of the Stout Brothers Growler Store in the Market Village regarding the ability to sell alcohol by the drink on Sundays starting at 11:00 a.m. in accordance with the City’s Sunday Sales requirements. The City has started hosting the Handmade Market on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from May 16th to October 17th. The market has been successful and is drawing a great crowd. Stout Brothers would like to add to the market by providing market goers the opportunity to purchase drinks and walk around market.
Stout Brothers currently holds a package license for beer and wine, a Sunday package sales license and a growler specialty shop add-on license. The growler specialty shop add-on license allows Stout Brothers to sell beer and wine by the drink in addition to their package license provided the revenue generated from the pouring sales is less than 25% of the total revenue for the business. Currently, Stout Brothers is allowed to sell by the drink at 12:30 p.m. on Sundays. Wine specialty shops, growler specialty shops, cigar specialty shops and breweries are all excluded from the ability to start selling drinks from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. per Section 6-62(a) of the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance. Community Development and Economic Development have reviewed the City’s Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance and are proposing a code amendment to address the issue.
RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: Community Development recommends approval of the proposed text amendment to the City’s Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance:
Amend Section 6-62 of Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance as follows:
Sec. 6-62. - Sunday sales permit.
(a) In addition to the hours of ope...
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